Dont It Make You Tab by Joe South #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: RSambu@aol.com Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 14:39:35 -0500 Subject: TAB: Don't It Make You Want to Go Home by Joe South (CRD file) Another fine Joe South song circa 1969. Don't It Make You Want to Go Home (Joe South) G Am D G / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / [2X] (see note) (chorus first): G Am Don't it make you want to go home now D G Don't it make you want to go home Am All God's children get weary when they roam D G Don't it make you want to go home D G Don't it make you want to go home (verse 1): G Am Oh the whippoorwill roosts on the telephone pole D G as the Georgia sun goes down Am Well it's been a long time but I'm glad to say that I'm D G goin' back down to my home town Am Goin' down to the Greyhound station D G Gonna buy me a one way fare Am Good lord willin' and the creeks don't rise D G By tomorrow I'll be right there (chorus) (verse 2): But there's a six-lane highway down by the creek Where I went skinny dippin' as a child And a drive-in show where the meadow used to grow And the strawberries used to grow wild There's a drag strip down by the riverside Where my grandma's cow used to graze Now the grass don't grow and the river don't flow Like it did in my childhood days (chorus - lead off last line with "Tell me") (chorus, up 1 step, and drop 5th line): A Bm Don't it make you want to go home now E A Don't it make you want to go home Bm All God's children get weary when they roam and E A God how I want to go home (repeat 4-line chorus, fading) ----------------------------------------------------------- note: The intro has strings and finger-picked guitar which follows this line: G Am D G e|---------------|-------------|-3--2--0--2---|-3--5--7------| B|-----0-1-1p0---|-0------1----|--------------|--------------| G|-0-2---------2-|-----2-------|--------------|-------0------| D|---------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| A|---------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| E|---------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| G Am D G e|---------------|-------------|-3--2--0--2---|--3-----------| B|-----0-1-1p0---|-0------1----|--------------|--------------| G|-0-2---------2-|-----2-------|--------------|--0-----------| D|---------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| A|---------------|-------------|--------------|--------------| E|---------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|